A second American aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf on Tuesday as the Pentagon ordered military commanders to develop new options for attacking Iran. Planning is being driven by what one officer called the “increasingly hostile role” Iran is playing in Iraq – smuggling weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. [flashvideo filename=http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/vids/us-attack-plan.flv

Science fiction inspires DARPA weapon The late Arthur C Clarke is famous for having popularised the geostationary communications satellite in 1945. Now the Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working to turn one of his more dangerous ideas into reality.

If war ever breaks out in space it’s not the loss of individual satellites that will do the damage, but the debris this produces. It will stay in orbit and go on harming satellites for decades, according to two studies presented at the American Physical Society meeting in St Louis, Missouri, last week.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing and Lockheed Martin as contractors for the first phase of the Vulture program. The Vulture contractors will design and develop an unmanned aerial system able to fly on station and perform its mission for five years without

Reports from 3rd Army Headquarters of the Russian Space Command, located in Solnechnogorsk (Moscow oblast), are reporting today that a ‘nuclear fueled’ explosion has occurred in the United States region of Illinois after the downing of an American B-52 Bomber by, presumed, other elements of the US Air Force operating in that region.

Federal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriff’s deputy has described as “martial law training”.

Law-enforcement agencies in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas took part in what was described by local media as “an anti-crime and

The line at the gas station seems endless. Drivers have run out of petrol even to queue up in their cars; they just line up themselves, empty cans in hand. Only the lucky leave with a full can by the end of a day.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has for years explored the possibility of using legged robots to carry troop supplies where wheeled robots dare not tread (particularly through narrow mountain passes or up across uneven terrain). Turns out, building a legged robot that’s more of a benefit

U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Transformation Command for Intelligence (JTC-I) officially opened the doors to its newest facility, the Joint Intelligence Laboratory (JIL), which will focus on improving intelligence capabilities and supporting the integration of intelligence, operations and plans.

In a ceremony here today, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bob Wood, USJFCOM’s deputy commander, said